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i ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED {N CHOWAN COUNTY ■ - - - Volume XXIX. —Number 24. Homecoming Service At Warwick Baptist Church Planned Sunday# June 17 Rev. Robert Harrell And Rev. Russell Cottingham Among Speakers Warwick Baptist Church will observe homecoming services on Sunday, June 17. The church was organized in 1851 and it is hoped as many members and iormer members and friends of the church as possible will join in the celebration and attend all services. The schedule of services for the day will be: 'Sunday School at 10 A. M., which will be fol lowed by the morning worship service at kl o’clock. The Rev. Robert Harrell, promotional sec retary for the Chowan Sapti6t Association, will bring the morn ing message. A history of the church will also be read at this service. Dinner will be served on the church grounds at 12:30 o’clock. -.•An afternoon service will be gin at 2 o’clock. At this time there will be a roll call of the church membership and the message will be brought by the Rev. Russell Cottingham, former pastor of the church. The Training Union will meet at 7 P. M., and, the evening wor ship service will be held at i o’clock. The pastor of th< church, the Rev. Warren L. Rol lins, will conduct this service. Special music will be render ed at all services and it is hop ed the church will be filled to capacity for all services. 20 Years Ago A* Found In W JFiUs Qi.., > The Chowan ttarald Because of heed of sugar for purposes of home cooping, it was reported that about 1,100 Chowan County people would be Obliged to register in order to secure a sugar purchase certifi cate to buy enough sugar for their needs. With war conditions having a vital effect on metals. Town decided to adopt pa per stiikers for use as town au tomobile licenses. Town Clerk <R.- E. Leary was instructed to pr|er paper stickers about two jnehes . square to be pasted on windshields. j _ ’ Boy Scouts and friends* from Sdtenion, Hertford. Elisabeth Continued on Page Sectio.i ] Old Fashioned School Repeated On June 21 By Popular Request » By popular request the “Old j fashioned School’’ which was i presented Tuesday night. May !2?,'wiil be repeated. The enter tainment was so well received that the Rocky Hock Communi ty Center was filled to capacity and even some were turned away due to laCk of accommoda tion. The Rocky Hock Community Development Committee, spon sor of the Entertainment, rea lized $164 when the “school” was presented on May 22. ‘ The entertainment will again be presented Thursday night, Jtme 21 at 8:15 o’clock in the Rocky Hock Community Center with the same people taking .fart. ' •“A , small admission will be — Dr. Robert Lee Humber Elected Permanent President County Historical Commission f 'P4 r$ . <****•>, ■ ■—*,l. t 1 ’ ' ' ThO Edenton »nd Chowan J County Historical Cwmission Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt was THE CHOWAN HERALD Ronald Brown New Scout Executive Succeeds Gene Traut wein, Who Goes to Pennsylvania Ronald Browfl of Dayton, Ohio, has been named Bco.it Executive of the Albemarle District to replace Gene Traut wein, who recently resigned af ter five years service to accept a similar position in Pennsyl-. vania. The district consists of Cam-* den, Chowan, Currituck, Dare dates, Pasquotank and Perquim ans Counties and has headquar ters in Elizabeth City. The dis trict is one of eight in the Tide water Council. EASTERN STAR MEETING Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or der of the Eastern Star, will meet Monday night, June 18, at 3 o’clock. This will be the fi nal meeting of the summer sea ion, so that Mrs. W. P. Goodwin, worthy matron, is very amyous o have a large attendance. Rocky Hock Orioles Leading In Roanoke-Chowan Circuit The Rocky Hock Orioles won hree games this past week to t take over sole possession of first place in the Roanoke-Chowan League standings.' An 8-6 victory over hapless C reswell in a make-up game olayed Monday nfght' on Chowan High School’s diamond pushed the Chowan County boys to a 4-1 record in league games. The -Orioles were scheduled to meet second place Windsor at Cross Roads Wednesday night of this week. Nixon President Os King College Class George Henry Nixon of Eden ton, a student at King College, Bristol, Tenn., was recently elected president of the rising sophomore class at King for the 1962-1963 academic year. A 1961 graduate of the John A. Holmes High School, Nixon is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Nixon of Route 2, Edenton. charged with the proceeds going toward liquidating the debt on the Rocky Hock Community Center. Those taking part in the school will be: Rodney Harrell, Sr., teacher and the following enrolled pu pils: Mrs, John r fV Layton, Mrs. Linwood Layton, Mrs. Lester Harrell, Mrs. Henry Bunch, Mrs. Charlie Peele, Mrs. Gilbert Har rell, Mrs. Willie Saunders, Mrs. Rodney Harrell, Mrs. Charlie Boyce, Mrs. Louise Wilson, Mrs. Kermit Perry, Mrs. Eddie Nixofi, Mrs. Florine Nixon, Miss Ila Bass, Charlie Boyce, Thurman Allred, Ijlarl Smith, Mafvim j Smith, Charlie Peele,, Gilbert .Harrell, Kermit Perry, Sammy Byrum, MefviQ Harrell, Jack Ev -1 ans and Carroll Evans/ Jtation lat«r in' Hie afternoon. During the meeting the group reviewed long range plans, pm- D. Him—.. ... ..11...... Edenton, C>\p ITT "Ji County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 14, 1962. Coach BUI Billing Host To About 101 Former Ace Player j ’6l Aces Present Pop ular Coach With a Beautiful Trophy In Token of Respect Coach Bill Billings feted ap proximately 100 Os his former football players at Sandy Point Beach last Friday evening, and was himself honored when his 1.951 A ces outfit presented him with a huge going-away trophy. The trophy was presented by he Boys’ Monogram Club of John A. Holmes High School in appreciation of the coach's night highly successful years at the school.' Joe Mitchener made the presentation. A life-size gold football sits atop four columns on the tro phy, and a small figure of a 'oach kneeling with a football stands on the base between the columns. On the front of the base is inscribed, “Coach Bill Billings, ' Biggest Little Man Football Has Ever Known, 1961 Bdenton Aces.” The presentation came after the coach had treated his former players and their dates or wives to a hamburger supper at the beach. After Billings received the trophy he and his guests sat around and hashed over old times on the gridiron. Friday night Rocky Hock will return Windsor’s visit, Sunday they entertain Creswell again, and next Wednesday they jour ney to Creswell. Night games start at 8 o’clock, while Sunday contests commence at 3 P- M. -All of Creswell’s home night games will be played on Hicks Field in Edenton, so the Orioles will visit the local park next .Wednesday. The only defeat suffered by Rocky Hock came at the hands Continued on Page Section 1 Potato Peeling Contest June 16 In Elizabeth City Mayor Levin Culpep per Issues Challenge To Neighboring Of ficials to Compete Tom Weeks, chairman of the National Potato Peeling Contest which will be held in Elizabeth City Saturday, June 16, reported Tuesday, “Four of the ten may ors we invited won’t be able to enter, but we’ve had enough fun with letters to make up for their absence.” Mayor Levin B. Culpepper Challenged the heads of .neigh boring cities to compete against, him in the contest, producing re plies which ranged from an im mediate firm acceptance from Portsmouth, Va., Mayor R. Irv ine Smith to refusals on various grounds. >• Edentcn’s Mayor John Mitch- Continucb ai* P«o» 3—Sertion I — —i —, —— G oodyear Opens Sto»*e In Edenton A new business appeared in this week when the Goodyear Tire Service Store opened in the building formerly occupied by W. D. Holmes Wholesale Grocery at 412 South 'Btfced Street. I The concern is under the I management pf G. H. Ford, a native Georgian and Duke Uni versity graduate, who has been with. Goodyear for four years in Richmond, Va. Mr. Ford will move his wife and, two youns sons from Rich mond in the vdry near future. ROTARIAHj MEET tOftAY Edenton ROtarians will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 oVlock at" the Parish' House. The nroeram will be in charge of Mavnard Perrv and every Represents Chowan In State Dress Revue ' 4*,% « JIHHeu- I •• s imk'\ -2ie . Now M 1 r. * 44CV vrA h Mrs. J. F. Phillips, 207 West Queen Street, wiil represent Chowan County in the adult dress revue to be held during Homemakers' Week in Raleigh June 18-22. The dress revue will be held on iWeanesaay, june zu. Joint City-County Planning Board Formed With Purpose To Help Economic Situation This week municipal and county leaders in Edenton and Chowan County endorsed the creation of a joint City-County Planning Board Os fifteen mem bers to combat the persistent downward trend in unemploy ment and to seek federal aid under the Area Redevelopment Act. The formation of the new planning authority was sponsor ed by the Edenton Chamber of Commerce whose Board of Di rectors eyed the mounting un employment figures in the coun ty with justifiable concern. This Mrs, Thomas Elliott And Miss Ada Morris Are Honored Upon Retirement As School Teachers The Chowan High School fac ulty, under the direction of Mrs. Marguerite B. Burch, Mrs. Hattie H. Asbell and Mrs. Ruth B. Mansfield, gave a luncheon June 4, at 12:30 P. M., in honor of Miss Ada Morris who retired at the end of this school term, and Mrs. Thomas W- Elliott, who retired in 1956. The invited guests were the members of the County Board of Education and the District Committee. Mrs. Burch welcom ed the guests and E. S. White gave the invocation. Superin tendent W. J. Taylor gave a Four Teams In Little Leagueßace Local Summer Recre ation Program Now In Operation The Rotary grabbed the lead irt the Little League as Bill Har dison’s summer recreation pro gram officially got under way last week on the field behind John A. Holmes High School. The Rotary, who stand to lose their name depending or the type of jerseys Coach Hardison is able to secure, downed the Varsity 918 in she league’s first action on Wednesday afternoon of last week, and held their lead as all other teams suffered ope defeat each. Despite the fact that Hardison started attending summer school during the mornings earjy this Continued on Page 4. Section 1 Civil Air Patrol Cadet Corps Scheduled To Be Organized Commander Rhea Adams of the Edenton Squadron of the Civil Air* Patrol has announced that the squadron is ready to form a Cadet Corpj. Boys be tween the ages of 14 and 18 are l eligible for this corps. There is a worthwhile training program and there are many opportuni ties open to young men who complete the program, such as visits to air bases, summer en- j camoments, national drill com petitions, scholarships, preferred consideration for the Air Force figure now stands at 108% ac cording to Joe H. Conger, Jr., president of the Edenton Cham be -. “The lack of employment op portunities is not the only cri teria used in the federal classi fication of Chowan County as a ‘depressed area’,” Conger point ed out. “Approximately 10% of those unemployed formerly re ceiving benefit payments from the local office of the N. C. Em ployment Security Commission have exhausted their benefit payments and have no income. Continued oi. Par • s—Section ) resume of the teaching experi ence of Miss Morris and Mrs. Elliott by saying that Miss Mor ris had taught a total of 44 I years in North Carolina public I schools, 21 of which were in the public schools of Chowan Coun ty. For the past 15 years she has taught the first grade at Chowan High School. Mrs. Elliott, who retired in 1956, taught 28 years in North Carolina public schools, of which 21 years were mostly in the 7th and Bth grades at Chowan High School. Continued on Page B—Section 1 Softball League Goes Into Action John Pavlich Commis sioner and Head Umpire The Varsity Club. Rinky Dinks and Harvey Point won a game apiece and tied at the top of the standings during the first week of play in the local soft ball league. Both Harvey Point and the Rinky Dinks, who are a con glomeration replacing last year's P&Q team, won impressively, while the Varsity Club managed to squeeze by the Jaycee Tigers 7-6 last Tuesday night. Donald Roche’s Harvey Point crew, consisting of workers and Marines stationed at the base, opened the first night’s activity by pounding the Jaycee Cubs Continued on Page 7—Section 1 R.0.T.C., and even advanced rating upon joining the Air Force. The Civil Air Patrol is not a part of the armed forces although it is the official au xiliary of the Air Force. The squadron meets each Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock in j the Hotel Joseph Hewes. Any young men who, would like to 'join, or receive information ; about it are cordially invited to i attend the meeting. The squad ron will also welcome any per sons interested in becoming sen i ' ior members. Fishing Contest Is ScheduledTo Close Saturday, June 16 Rising Water Tem peratures Increasing Catches In Four Di visions Water temperatures have grad ually risen to the desired degree o promote feeding activity on the part of rock and white perch. The first entries have come in >n these two species in the Spring Fishing Contest sponsor ed by the Recseatiori Committee of. the Edenton Chamber of Com merce which is scheduled tc close Saturday, June 16. " The striped bass (rock) to beu' between now and Saturday mid night is one caught by Alva Bunch of Hertford. Trolling with a Pet spoon in the Yeopini River, Bunch boated an even 6- pound rock. This entry topped one caught two days previously by former Chief of Police George Continued on Haoe /—sectioi Full Agenda For Town Councilmen In Long Meeting Group Called to Meet In Special Session Tonight to Complete Year’s Budget With a full agenda Tuesday night. Town Councilmen re mained in session until the mid night hour and due to the lengthy meeting consideration of the budget for the fiscal yea was not reached. It was de rx-ided to hold a special meeting tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clbiH; at which the finishing touches will be made to the budget While the present figures may be changed somewhat, it is hop ed the same tax rate of $1 .Os per SIOO property valuation car be maintained Jesse Harrell, representing the Board of Public Works, appeal ed at the meeting relative «to better handling of future re quests for street lights. It was • ontinued on Page 6 Section Golf Club Will Hold; Meeting June 19th Progress Is Reporter 1 By President Ralph Parrish A meeting of the general membership of the newly form ed Chowan Golf and Country Club will be held in the Chowan County Court House next Tues day evening, June 19, at 8 o'clock Ralph Parrish, president of the organization, reported this week The meeting will cover plans of the club, what has been de.it to date and future proposals. President Parrish said that the club has arranged to purchase the old nurses' home on the for mer Marine Air Station from the United States Lumber Corn- Continued on Paqe 6. Section 1 St. John’s School Out Os Business A $201,000 building program now being completed by the Edenton City Schools will con-1 solidate St. John’s school in the southeastern comer of Chowan ■ County into Edenton High | School, Superintendent Hiram J. Mayo said last week. Eight new classrooms, a li- ] brary, a vocational -department, and covered walks are being built at Edenton High School and will accommodate the less than 50 students from St. John’s. S. N. Griffith, principal at the small school, is retiring and will be replaced at the Edenton school. St. John’s teachers will also be transferred to the. larger facility. Also in the building program i are new dressing rooms being I constructed onto the gymnasium J at John A. Holmes High School. $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt Named Y ear'sClubwoman By Edenton Woman's Club Grand Opening Os Store In Edenton Western Auto Associ ate Store Has New Manager Edenton’s Western Auto Assn-. iate Store, which recently ie jpened under new management, will ho’.d its official grand open ing todav (Thursday), Friday aadi Saturday of this week. M. J. Parham, the new man ,ger, who moved here from Rad ord, Va., announced that the store has been re-decorated and a large stock of new merchandise las been purchased. Free balloons, sett drinks and cookies will be distributed all three days of the opening, and patrons may register for valuable prizes which will be given away Saturday night at 7 o’clock. \ Prizes will be a 24-inch barbe- j cue grill for the lady, two Davis automobile tires for the man and a 26-inch Western Flyer bi cycle for the boy or girl. Edenton Group Will Attend Sessions Os Homemakers’ Week Attending Homemakers' Week in Raleigh, formerly known as Farm-Home Week, will be Mrs. ). F. Phillips. Mrs. M. T. Bar rington, Mrs. Roland Evans, all of Edenton, and Mrs. B. P. Monds of Tyner. Accompanying 1 he group will be Miss Pauline ’allowav, home economics agent. Mrs. J. F. Phillips will rep resent Chowan County in the dutt dress revue held at a uncheon on Wednesday on the Nate College campus. Mrs. Ro land Evans will represent fJho van County in a talent show "uesday night. Mrs. M. T. Bar ■ngton and Mrs. B. P. Monds 'dll also attend State Council neeting on Tuesday. The annual state meeting of North Carolina Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs will he held on Wednesday. Classes will be held on Thursday and Friday. The group will return to Edenton on Friday. LIONS MEET MONDAY Edenton’s Lions Club will meet Monday night. June 18. at 7 o’clock at the Edenton Res taurant. President John Mitch ener is very anxious to register a 100 per cent attendance. Change In Ownership Os Radio Station WCDJ Made This Week R. W. Schuman, executive vice president, secretary-treasurer and general manager of Coloni-d 3roadcasting Company, Inc., has announced that as of June 1, the Colonial Broadcasting Company, Inc., E. M. Schuman, president, was purchased by Colonial Broadcasters, Inc., of Edenton. In making the change, Schu man announced that the new of icers and directors of Colonial 3roadcasters. Inc., of Edenton ;re William T. Watkins of Ox ford, president: R. W. Schuman, Grand Opening Os Jaycees" Go Kart Race Track Scheduled To Be Observed Sunday, June 24 Official grand opening of the i local Jaycee go-kart race track on the former Marine Air Sta tion was re-scheduled for Sun day, June 24. when only seven! karts appeared for the first day’s activities last Sunday afternoon. Carlton Jackson, Jaycee presi dent, said early this week that several factors were responsible for the unsuccessful opening ; Sunday. Publicity had not been 1 distributed throughout the north-! eastern part of the state and. adjacent Virginia, for one thing, j and the opening also fell »n a Sunday when many racers could! not attend. FIGHT CANCER WITH 4 CHECKUP AND CHECK * Honor Bestowed Due To Efforts In Rest oration and Beautifi cation In Edenton Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt was honored for a second time this year when the 'Edenton Wo man’s Club named her Club woman of the Year in their June meeting Wednesday afternoon of last week. Earlier this year the Business ind Professional Woman’s Club j honored her the first time by naming her Edenton’s Woman of the Year. Mrs. Earnhardt's most recent honor was given in recognition f her efforts as chairman of ;he planning committee and in her efforts to have the town re stored and beautified. She is a .barter member and past presi dent of the Woman’s Club. During the business end of the meeting, the club agreed to help j finance a renewal lifesaving ! ourse for George Burdick, who vill conduct swimming classes for the youth of Edenton when he returns from taking the ; course. The club decided to hold its mnual Art Show in conjunction with the PTA meeting next i February. Proceeds fiom the -how will be used to buy art Continued on Page 7—Section 1 Methodist Men’s Club Meets Friday The Methodist Men's Club will hold a dinner meeting at the church Friday night. June | 15. at 6:30 o'clock. At this meeting new officers for Ihe club 'will he elected, so that Howard Ange. president, requests every member to be present. [CIVIC calendar] Edertton Jaycees will observe grand opening of the go-kart race track Sunday afternoon, June 24. at 2 o'clock. By popular request the “Old Fashioned School” will be re peated Thursday night. June 21. at 8 o'clock at the Rocky Hock Community Center. Homecoming services will be held at Warwick Baotist Church Sunday. June 17. The Methodist Men's Club will hold a dinner meeting at the church Friday night, June 15. at 6:30 o'clock. Contimteo on P*o» 7. —Rertio** * executive vice president and sales manager: James F. Flana gan. secretary - treasurer and general manager: Dr. Robert G. Currin, director. The same call letters. WCDJ. will be retained, and it was an nounced that WCDJ will con tinue to be dedicated to service tc the people of Edenton and the surrounding communities in Northeastern North Carolina. New electronic equipment is presently being installed and the production potential, as a result, will be much greater. The Jaycee board of directors met Monday night and left plans for the new opening up |to the go-kart committee, which will publicize and plan the af fair. Plans at present call for races every other Sunday until Octo ber. Each Sunday’s races start at 2 o’clock. Last year saw a very success ful opening season for the local track, and President Jackson opening and ever}- SM«d% there after this ye«.
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